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On Wednesday handled the most extensive workload that he has received since dislocating his left ankle in Week 2. Coach Jay Gruden said after practice that the quarterback “looked good,” but he went on to run off a laundry list of benchmarks that that Griffin still must meet before returning to game form. The coach said he plans to make a final determination on the quarterback position on Thursday afternoon, but for now, he’s sticking with Colt McCoy as the starter for Monday night’s game at Dallas.
“He’s progressing along. It’s just a matter of watching him,” Gruden said. “It’s not so much of watching him run. I think he feels okay running right now, but it’s a matter of how he feels tomorrow, and then there’s certain movements — rolling out to the left, rolling out to the right, cutting back. We just have to see how he handles that. But the biggest thing is we’ve got to get him back comfortable throwing out of the pocket and throwing the ball to the receivers, getting his timing down. There’s a lot of that also. But he’s coming along at a good clip, like we thought he would, but we’ll see where he is tomorrow and the next day.”
Sidelined for four weeks while recovering from a dislocated left ankle, Griffin participated in a limited number of individual and team drills last week.
Wednesday represented a step forward in his progress, however. Redskins coaches and trainers ramped up Griffin’s level of activity while trying to gauge his progress, and his availability for Monday night’s game at Dallas.
During the session, Griffin, wearing a bulky brace on his ankle as he did last week, took part in both individual and team drills. He alternated with McCoy running the first-team offense, and he split second-team reps withKirk Cousins. Griffin also took some reps with the third team, Gruden said.
“He looked good,” Gruden said. “We’ll find out from the trainers how he feels right now, and tomorrow morning will be the big thing and another day’s work tomorrow, we’ll see how he progresses.”
